The Nigerian government wants the country to move away from cooking on wood and switch to cleaner cooking fuels, such as gas, by 2060. Jasmin Merdan/Getty Images

Four out of five people in Africa use wood for cooking: a transition to clean fuels would cut emissions and save lives, a model for Nigeria shows

If Nigeria doesn’t roll out clean fuels fast, its carbon dioxide emissions from cooking on firewood will triple by 2060, new research has found.

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